And so without that knowledge, it's hard to change attitudinal ideas and it's hard to change legislative ideas when we're constantly operating from that medical model of my body is broken and it needs to be fixed. So as someone who is a policymaker, The medical model is often our justification for increased investment [in policy]. that we operate in a nation where broken gets fixed, but if it's not broken, it's not our problem. (07:44–07:51)
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